Hi, minna~! I have to admit that it's been a while since I update!
This might be the last time I update before my exam and you guys have to wait until my exam ends if you want to read the next chapter. Anyway, my exam ends around March 19th so I really have to apologize to make you guys wait that long! DX Sumimasen!
Anyway, thank you jd, Massu Chan, kingvampire00, MakubeDaKiddX, luiscarlosdevilman/luiscarlosberserk, 05, tobikara, RedBloody-Yukata, zzz, simer, and youfanatic! Thank you very much once again for reviewing! It means a lot to me!
Oh! And I notice that in the reviews from the previous chapter people thought I'll be eliminating the romance from this fic since I changed the genre, huh? Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean it. Of course this will be a romance fic, no need to worry. I just want to add 'mystery' inside of this fic, that's all. Hehehe...
Disclaimer: I don't own Beelzebub!
"Hilda is dead for God's sake. How many times have I repeated this again? Why can't you quietly accept that fact?"
Hearing the chilling voice, all of them turned to the direction of the voice. They could find a certain blonde wet nurse standing at the doorway of the room, her hands on her hips and her lips twitched in annoyance.
"Yolda!" they gaped.
"Bunch of fools…" Yolda glared.
Remember Me, Hilda?
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Chapter 4
#Visiting the Demon World#
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There wasn't any sound in the room.
It's simply quiet.
The first one to talk was Furuichi. "Can you tell us how she died, Yolda-san? If your information is also different from Lamia and Alaindelon, we still couldn't believe in-"
"You don't need to confirm my words. The information both Lamia and Alaindelon got was false. Hilda died, a long time ago…" Yolda bit her lip and scowled as she looked at the floor, avoiding the people's gaze.
"What do you mean a long time ago?" Aoi asked.
"Do I really have to repeat it?" Yolda groaned. "Hilda has been dead even before you met her…"
None of them could prevent themselves for getting shocked at the blonde wet nurse's statement. They couldn't even understand what she's trying to say.
"She's dead even before Beelze-sama was born. Dead even before she entered the Demon Maid Academy…"
"Aih…" Baby Beel's eyes were wet with tears, but quickly, Oga patted his head.
"A man doesn't cry over something like this…" he muttered and the baby nodded in return while wiping his tears away.
The petite girl shakily stood up from her seat and stammered, "I don't think I understand what you're saying, Yolda…"
The blonde gritted her teeth while massaging her temple in frustration. "Don't make me repeat myself! I don't like repeating things I hate!"
"What do you mean Hilda nee-sama died even before she entered the Demon Maid Academy?" Lamia shouted. Her eyes already wet.
"You've known her even before she entered the Academy, right? You should know how her personality is before and after she entered!"
Lamia widened her eyes. She remembered it. She remembered how Hilda changed almost entirely after she entered the academy. Her health also improved in an unbelievable speed. So, from that on, it's not the Hilda she knew anymore? So she has been living with a stranger whom she treated as Hilda?
"I know that, but… AKH! I don't know anymore!" Lamia gripped her head and kneeled on the ground.
"See? It's hard for you to accept it, right? That's exactly why I didn't want to tell anyone about the truth! And yet you guys forced me into it!" Yolda shouted furiously. "It was also hard for me! When The Great Demon Lord told me about it I was so shocked! I couldn't even forget how cold my body felt that time!" the blonde hugged herself and gripped her arms, trying to ease her trembling body.
It was not a nice view. The crying Lamia, and the trembling figure of Yolda.
Aoi bit her lip and tried to look away.
Furuichi looked down in grief.
Not wasting any second, Oga walked towards the trembling blonde. "So… is that bitch still alive?"
Yolda looked down. Slowly, she nodded and parted her lips, "She is…"
Oga couldn't describe how relieved he was when he heard those two words escaped the blonde's lips. He just wanted to let out a long sigh of relieve but he held it back.
Yolda bit her lip in hesitation but she continued after all, "…but she's not Hilda…"
SLAP!
It happened in a blink of eye that no one noticed it. The people in the room widened their eyes, and Yolda was no exception.
The blonde cupped her reddened cheek and glared at the man who just slapped her out of the blue.
"Why you-"
"So what if she's not the Hilda you knew?" he shouted.
"So what? Don't talk like you know, bastard! You may not bothered by it since you just met her after she changed! For you, the Hilda now is the Hilda you know! But for us it's different! What the hell do you know about our feelings? NOTHING! Can you understand my feelings when I heard that the sister I've always been looking up to is not her true self anymore? What can you understand?" Yolda shouted, letting her feelings burst out without holding it back.
"The sister you've always been looking up to?" Oga muttered.
Yolda realized what she just said without thinking and flinched nervously. She looked down and parted her lips again, "Hilda and I… We have different fathers…"
"Eh?" the people in the room cried in surprise.
"Her father… was a human…"
All of them couldn't help but to widen their eyes to the extent. They couldn't believe that the top elite of the Demon Maids was half human.
"She… lived in this world for several years since she was born. But then her father died and our mother brought her to the Demon World. Hilda had always been our mother's most beloved child. She even got the same name, Hildegarde…"
"I can't believe what I'm hearing…" Furuichi muttered.
"And I wasn't sure why, but she lost her vision not too long after she arrived to the Demon World…"
"What? You mean she became like… blind?" Aoi asked.
The blonde wet nurse nodded. "But then… that person gave her half of his vision. So the eye which Hilda had always kept hidden can't be used to see. I think that's the reason she never really wanted to show it…"
"That person…?" Oga raised an eyebrow.
Yolda titled her head, "Didn't Hilda say anything about him?"
"About who?"
"Judging from your reaction, I think she didn't. Well, I was talking about my stepbrother. Or to say it simpler, Hilda's little brother…"
"LITTLE BROTHER?"
"See? I told you it's her little brother!" Aoi clapped her hand happily.
"Ah! Not that you mention it!" Oga exclaimed before he took something out from his pocket. He showed Yolda the silver pendant Hilda left behind and showed her the picture inside it.
Yolda slightly widened her eyes, "Ah! It is Eu… I never thought Hilda kept his picture with her. Not to mention it's the picture from years ago…"
"Eu…?" Oga raised an eyebrow again.
"Years ago?" Furuichi gaped.
"How old is he now?" Aoi asked.
"Eu is Hilda's twin brother so his age is also the same as her, duh…" Yolda rolled her eyes.
"You never mentioned anything about 'twin'! And don't act like you've explained it for the umpteenth time, dammit!" Oga shouted at the blonde.
"That aside, Oga. Twin? I can't believe Hilda has a twin!" Aoi said in disbelief.
"Hilda and Eu got along so damn well that I always felt like I was out of the loop. Those two were even closer than lovers, damn them!" Yolda clenched her fists and gritted her teeth in frustration. "Were they doing that because we have different fathers? When I remember it, I'm getting so pissed off!" she growled.
"Calm down, Yolda-san…" Furuichi sweatdropped.
Oga turned over. Somehow his bed felt more uncomfortable than usual.
He looked at the clock.
11.49 pm
It's almost time.
After the whole family matters Yolda told them, she finally agreed to take them to the Demon World to find Hilda. She told them to come to the riverbed on midnight.
"I'm not sure where she is now, okay? Since our attitude changed when we found out the truth, so I think even she couldn't stand the changes of treatments towards her. And that means you guys have to search for her on your own, got it?"
Groaning, Oga got up from his bed and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Come on, Baby Beel. We're going…"
"Aih!" Baby Beel jumped to his back and cooed happily.
Oga grinned, "I know, I know. You can't wait to meet her again, right?" he ruffled the baby's green hair.
He bowed to pick up his bag before he got out of the room.
When he was on his way downstairs, he met his elder sister, Misaki.
"Tatsumi? Where are you going at this hour?" the girl asked while rubbing her eyes lazily.
Oga's lips formed a smirk as he walked pass his sister and slipped his feet inside his shoes. He turned around, "To search for that damn bitch…" he said before he closed the door, leaving the dumbfounded Misaki behind.
The elder girl stayed unmoved for a while before she grinned.
"That's my brother for ya…"
Hands on hips, Yolda glared at them, "So? Everyone's gathered?"
There were Oga, Beel, Furuichi, Aoi, Lamia, and Alaindelon standing in a row. And when everyone nodded, Yolda took it as a yes.
"I'm sure you all know that I'm a dimensional demon and I'll be sending you to the Demon World now. Any questions?"
"Me! I have a question!" Furuichi waved his hands.
"And what is it?"
"Will you be splitting into two when you're transferring us?"
In a blink of eye, Furuichi was lying unconscious on the ground with his cheek glowing red.
"Idiot…" Oga and Aoi muttered while looking at the teen.
"So? Another question?" Yolda asked, holding her mop with one hand.
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
Yolda turned around, "Okay, then. I freakin' took a break from my job to serve Lord En just because of this so don't you dare ask me to send you back before you accomplish your purpose of going there, got it?"
They all smiled at her words.
Yolda might be harsh but she does care about Hilda a lot, they knew it.
"Let's go!"
~To be continued~
Err… there isn't anything much I can say here, so… I just hope you would review! XD
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